Car-register-operating mechanism.



W. LOEFFLER. CAR REGISTER OPERATNG MECHAMSM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24 8928.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

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W. LOEFFLER.

CAR REGISTER OPERATING MECHANISM APPLlCATlDN HLED JULY 24. 19's.

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CAR-REGISTER-OIERATING MECHAH ISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Nov. 1 2. 191.8.

Application filed July 24, 1918. Serial No. 246.498,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM Lonrrnsn, acitizen of Germany and resident of Bladensburg, in the county of PrinceGeorgesand State of Maryland, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Car Register-Operating Mechanism, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates tofare registering 10. devices for street cars,and more particularly to an improved means whereby ethe fare indicatingregister will be operated to regis ter the fares of the passengers asthe latter enter the car.

Another object of the invention to provide a car register operatingmechanism which is associated with the car step at the entrance door ofthe car so as to be depressed for operating the registering mechanism asthe persons enter the car, the-device being so constructed as to operateproperly irrespective of the weight of the persons and being capable ofgeneral application and economical application to a car.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel featuresof construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fullydescribed herein and set forth with particularity in the claims appendedheretof Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis application, iii which like reference characters indicate thecorresponding arts throughout the several yiews, in Whie Figure l is afragmentary vertical sectional view of a car equipped with my improvedregister operating mechanism,

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken below the floor andplat cmof the car and looking downwardly, an

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral designates a car bodyhaving a platform or flooring 11 and a step 12 ar ranged at the entrancedoor thereof. This step in accordance with the application of myinvention, is pivotally supported upon depending hangers or brackets 13secured to the flooring or platform 11, the pivot being designatedat 14,so as to allow vertical swinging movement of the step. Arranged beneaththe platform 11 is an I-beam 15,

which latter may be formed by one of the longitudinal side beams of thecar, or especially arranged for this purpose and pro titled with avertical slot 16 in the web portion thereof, designed to receive forlimited vertical movement a bar 17, the forked extremity 18 of whichhorizontally positioned and secured to the bottom portion of the step 12to move therewith.

The bar 17 extends upwardly at an incline tl'irough the opening 16, andat its rear or inner end is provided with a circular portion 19internally threaded to receive a rctainin serew All. To the adjacent endof the bar. 1| and upon the retaining screw 20, through the medium ofthe shank thereof, is I)1V otally connected a lever 12!, the latterhaving an eye at its adjac nt end for this purpose and being pivotallysupported upon a pivot 22 anchored as shown at 23, in the web portion ofthe beam 15, and in an eye formed in the lower end of a hanger 24 alsoengaged through and suspended from the platform or floor of the car.

In order to hold the lever 21 from longi tndinal displacement on thepivot 22, not lars 25 are fixed upon the removable pivot 22 at eitherside of the lever 21, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. Tothe opposite arm of the lever 21, which is int-ermediately pivoted asspecified and connected at one end to the bar 17, is an operating ropeor cable 26, the latter running on pulleys 2T journalerl beneath theplatform mi then passing vertically through a geld or pipe 28 to avoidcontact with cits-11cc tions or the like. This pipe is preferofnon-rusting or non-corrosive charm: c1, and is secured in position'byscrew eyes '29,

v or by other suitable means, the cable being connected to an operatinglever 30 of suitable character having connection with the ear register31, whereby when the lever is thrown upon its pivot 32 by a pull uponthe cable the register will be operated in the well known manner.

In the operation of the device, when a person enters the ear and treadsupon the step 12, the latter will be depressed, swinging thecorresponding end of the bar 17 downwardly and elevatingits inner end,thereby depressing the end of the lever 21 which is connectedlto thecable 26. This motion, as aforesaid, will operate the registermechanism, and suitable means may be employed for returning the stepand, the bar 17 to their original positions, or the bar 17 may be sobalanced as to accomplish this purpose, well as to prevent the devicefrom operating when a child below a mini mum w'eigzht enters the car,when a fare is not ordinarily charged. Thus, it will be seen that I hawprovided a device which will eliminate work for the conductor. as wellas to provide a safeguard in securing all fares, it being understoodthat the step will be arranged at the entrance of the car, either at oneend or at the center, and is to be made of such width as to accommodateone person only at a time.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdraw ings, itis thought that a clear and comprehensive" understanding ofthe construction, operation, and advantages of my invention maybe had,and while 1 have shown and dc: scribed the device as embodying aspecific structure, I desire that it be understood that such changes mayhe made in said structure as do not depart from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

Having thus described my in vcntion, what I claim is new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a car registering mechanism, a stop, hangers pivotally supportingsaid step at its inner edge, a bar rigid with the step. an I'bcam havinga slot receiving said bar for limited vertical movement with the stop,a. lever pivotally supported intermediate its ends and connected to theinner end of the bar. an operating cable connected to the opposite endof the lever and adapted for connection with a register, and guide meansfor the able.

2. In a car registering mechanism. a step, hangers pivotally supportingsaid step at its inner edge. a bar rigid with the step, an I-bcam havin, a slot receiving said bar for limited vertical movement with thestep. a

lcvcr pivotally supported intermediate its ends and conncclcd to theinner cud of the bar, an operating cable connected to tho oppositc endoi the lcvc' and adaptcd for connection with a register. a leverHFwOVltliPtl with said cable. a guidc tubc arranged to be supportedwithin tlic car upon the flo ring thereof to receive said cable. saidbar [icing arranged beneath the platform or floor ol the car, means topivotally support said levcr below said floor, and means to preventdisplacement of said lever on the pivot.

In testimony whereof, I :l'illX my signature hereto.

